diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 34498a9de..2759dcee0 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2002-2023
 Various contributors (see below, and AUTHORS.txt)
 https://tuxpaint.org/
 
-2023.June.13 (0.9.31)
+2023.June.18 (0.9.31)
   * New Magic Tools:
     ----------------
     * Loops - Draw loop-the-loops.
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
       was running and generating a cache, which was unexpected.)
       Tim Dickson <dickson.tim@googlemail.com>
 
+    * WIP Replaced deprecated RSVG library calls.
+      https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/278/
+      Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>
+
 2023.May.18 (0.9.30)
   * Improvements to Stamp tool:
     ---------------------------
diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index e392c76cd..9583a8eca 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -20979,7 +20979,7 @@ static SDL_Surface *_load_svg(const char *file)
   int width, height, stride;
   float scale;
   int bpp = 32, btpp = 4;
-  RsvgDimensionData dimensions;
+  RsvgRectangle viewport;
   SDL_Surface *sdl_surface, *sdl_surface_tmp;
   Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;
 
@@ -21063,8 +21063,18 @@ static SDL_Surface *_load_svg(const char *file)
 
   /* FIXME: We can use cairo_rotate() here to rotate stamps! -bjk 2007.06.21 */
 
-  rsvg_handle_render_cairo(rsvg_handle, cr);
+  viewport.x = 0;
+  viewport.y = 0;
+  viewport.width = width;
+  viewport.height = height;
 
+  /* FIXME: This returns a gboolean; not using (not 100% sure what to expect) -bjk 2023.06.18 */
+  rsvg_handle_render_document(
+    rsvg_handle,
+    cr,
+    &viewport,
+    &gerr);
+  /* FIXME: ignoring errors (gerr) for now -bjk 2023.06.18 */
 
   cairo_surface_finish(cairo_surf);